Thanks treadi - but all those above me identified it first. I just pulled the trigger.
Open House.

One for the weekend - tho I don't expect it to last long

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....7ef8768854.jpg

The white tipped nose was not its most outstanding feature.

First thought was a Miles Student.
Second thought - the Custer CCW-5.
Third thought was technically what we see could also be described as the Baumann B-290 Brigadier - or did Custer alter the nose?
Fourth thought - sit back and enjoy a mid-morning Saturday cuppa.

Could it be?
 

Piaggio(?),an italian job?

Lock me in for my second thought above - Custer CCW-5.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custer_CCW-5


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....e5b168e4cd.png

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....2e68c59487.jpg

I think it was Bill Gunston who said it was Aviation Week that debunked most of what Custer claimed what the CCW-5 could do - especially "hover."


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....849a15adc2.jpg
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....f60e1e97b0.png

Thought it looked familiar, not from my limited experience, but from a few pages back ;o)

I'll be up bright and early tomorrow to call the result.........

Yes the Custer.... what a mad idea!!

Over to Noyade

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....4518b08301.jpg

Cheers!


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....e110d76b53.jpg

Very neat

I'm sure I've seen this before somewhere - German? Austrian?? I keep thinking Bucker......

USA mate...

Maybe some visual clues will help? You will find it in Aerofiles.

Manufacturer...

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....3d7f2bcc28.jpg

Name...


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....b506c41326.jpg

Friday afternoon. I think it's time to shut this one down.
Twas the Viking Kittyhawk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_B-8_Kittyhawk

Open House. :ok:

You got a winner there Noyade. It’s not often that a post defeats the collective PPRuNe wisdom!

Here’s an aircraft I have just seen in the flesh for the first time. I’ve never seen a four-bladed prop on such a small aircraft.


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....00c70b532.jpeg

Looks a bit sporty......... presumably not a standard configuration for the type?

Looks like a WarpDrive prop. Recent mod to an older design?

I'll suggest a Bellanca Cruisair?